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Goldfish Kiss

A RAD BLOG BY REBEKAH STEEN.

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  • A dozen rad pieces of swimwear

    January 21, 2020January 22, 2020

    What do you do when you’re on a 6-hour flight with wifi and have some fun tropical travels coming your way? Check out what’s out there in the swimwear world. Good news. There’ s lots

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  • Onesies. Gotta love ‘em.

    February 18, 2016December 12, 2018

    Onesies. One pieces. Maillots. Tank suits. Full pieces. Whatever you want to call these beautifully crafted singular pieces of fabric you can wear in the water, the designs that are out there are rocking my

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  • Playlist and a Wishlist The other

    September 27, 2014December 12, 2018

    Playlist and a Wishlist The other night I was in a bit of a creative, for lack of a better word…rut. So I plopped on some big zone out to the world headphones, made a

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Gifts for beach bums.

    December 12, 2013December 12, 2018

    ‘Tis the season for gift guides. Which I am not that good at creating. So, I figured I would just do a fun ‘ol beach bag post, and fill it with a ton of goods

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Summahtime sweetness.

    July 30, 2013December 12, 2018

    I love being in the thick, sweaty, tan, and sandy middle of summer. Really, this next month is probably my favorite month of the year. Thankfully, there’s a plethora of tropical, ocean, and carefree beach

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Boho Soul.

    May 20, 2013December 12, 2018

    I must confess. Deep down on the inside, I’m a wanna be boho jet setter. Deep down I have an infatuation with Isabel Marant, which I can’t afford. (It’s either shoes or rent. Rent always

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  • SPRING PLAYLIST IN A BIKINI…AND SOME

    April 16, 2013December 12, 2018

    SPRING PLAYLIST IN A BIKINI…AND SOME BEACH GEAR. Some days, like today, you just need a mood lifting, not too happy not to sad bunch of tunes you can zone out to, go on a

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  • V-Day Wishlist.

    February 7, 2013December 12, 2018

    I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that 98% of us would be happy to get anything on Valentine’s Day. But, I’m also going to go out on a limb and

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Resort Radness.

    January 11, 2013December 12, 2018

    There’s so much radness out there in the world right now, I can hardly contain myself. But given that I am on a spending freeze for the next month (or two) to compensate from last

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Tahiti Bound.

    December 1, 2012December 12, 2018

    I’m just a weeee bit excited about this upcoming trip to Tahiti. So, naturally, a dream vacation would deserve it’s own dream beach bag full of radness. Given the cost of this trip, the odds

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  • Kate Davis Jewelry. Win some.

    October 17, 2012December 12, 2018

    If you love being under the sea, and spend a bunch of time diving around the world, then decide to teach yourself how to make an awesome line of jewelry based on all this submerged

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  • Ma ma ma myyyy new Mara

    September 18, 2012December 12, 2018

    Ma ma ma myyyy new Mara. Yes, I’m thrilled to finally own one of Ms Hoffman’s patternlicious beauties. Support a small biz & get it aqui and aqui.

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  • Dream Beach Bag. Where the wild, and on sale, things are.

    September 11, 2012December 12, 2018

    This was a dangerous bag to make. Almost everything in it is on sale, or worthy of using up your monthly shopping budget on… which, if you are like me, isn’t that much. Seriously, it’s

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    Finally nailed the messy hair one eye covered shot Finally nailed the messy hair one eye covered shot…then of course, took six days to get the nerves to post it. 🖤 #goodlighting #mermaidshag
    My husband and I decided to go on a hike to do som My husband and I decided to go on a hike to do something special for our 15th wedding anniversary yesterday, and nature dished up some glorious conditions. ❄️☀️🏔️ Cheers to hiking, and if there’s snow and sunshine, consider it icing on the cake. ❄️💚 #whataday #rattlesnakeledge #pnwonderland
    Here are a few painting to (hopefully) brighten up Here are a few painting to (hopefully) brighten up your scrolling today. Zoom in for the details - that’s the fun, messy, watercolor is so cool, couldn’t do that again if I tried, part. Yay art. 🎨🧡☀️ #goldfishkissart #watercolor #livecolorfully goldfishkissgoods.com
    I rarely read my poems out loud. But there’s one I rarely read my poems out loud. But there’s one I did read to myself after I finished it and couldn’t make it through without getting choked up. Well, it took about five tries to do this voiceover without a voice crack. But…mission accomplished. It’s the second poem in my book, and is called “if you ask me”  Hope you like it. 

Kind of impressed how the captions picked up almost every word correctly in spite of my tendency to mumble. 

#sunnythoughtsforsaltysouls ⬅️Google the title “sunny thoughts for salty souls” to find the book online. Or the link is in my bio, too. #poetry #poems #goldfishkisswriting
    We all wear so many different hats these days, got We all wear so many different hats these days, gotta love when one of them involves flowers. 🧡🌴 #itsametaphor #thinkwarmthoughts
    So, I published a book. It was a big goal of mine So, I published a book. It was a big goal of mine last year to finally take all of my favorite poems that I've written over the past decade or so, and compile them all into a book.

I started the "project" in May, and finally hit publish on December 14, 2022. 

The whole goal was this: I really wanted my poems, paired with some favorite photos and illustrations together in one tangible spot before they got lost in the noise of the internet and social media world. Which is getting noisier and more abyss-like by the day. And I think it all came together at just the right time. I still want to try out 30 more cover design options, but my husband reminded me it's the inside that counts, and after flipping through it one final time, he was right.

Self-publishing is a trip, one I definitely am grateful I took.

Sunny Thoughts For Salty Souls: Poems, Thoughts, and Photos for a Quick Escape or Word hug. By Rebekah Steen. (Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and hopefully more and more independent bookstores, shops, and beach boutiques soon.) 

Felt really good to type that. Yay books. ☀️🌴🧡

#sunnythoughtsforsaltysouls #selfpublishing #poems (I used @ingramsparkbooks so hopefully it’s easy for you to get a copy of it anywhere on the globe - just google the title.)

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